​Oblivious Nerd Girl

This morning I thought about lettering a quote for #internationalwomensday. Instead my #handlettering practice is my Tita Luz's name. I got word that she passed away peacefully in the Philippines. Tita Luz was Pops youngest sister, who he called "Baby Luz." She took up the family business which is religion and became a nun.

Tita Luz worked with NGO's on environmental justice campaigns in the Philippines. She once sent me stamps to sell as a fundraiser for her work. I think I ended up returning them because I didn't know how to sell them. Tita Luz was diagnosed with emphysema when I was in my first year of grad school. I would stress smoke at my grad internship and I remember LT reminding me I had shared about Tita Luz's illness. Eventually I stopped smoking.

She was sick for a very long time. She isn't in pain anymore. I have a feeling she visited Pops this morning when a pestering moth flew around him as he went about his morning routine. I always feel odd mourning for family that I've never met. Nonetheless I still feel the need to grieve her loss. Chalk this up to another transnational Filipino family story.